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Mabel's Saga
200414 min 25 secFilm: Animation
Direction: JoDee Samuelson
Production: JoDee Samuelson (Canoe Cove Productions)Kent Martin (National Film Board of Canada)
A co-production of Canoe Cove Productions and the National Film Board of Canada with the assistance of Island Media Arts Co-op, the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund and the Prince Edward Island Department of Community & Cultural Affairs.
Mabel is juggling the demands of work, teenagers and an elderly mother. Now, she is confronted with a new challenge: hot flashes and chin hairs! Before you can say "estrogen," purple-haired Mabel finds herself the unassuming heroine of her own adventure... the adventure of aging.
Mabel's Saga is a touching, funny film that celebrates menopause as a natural transition. The film blends colourful computer animation with a lush musical landscape, offering a reassuring look at one of the most important passages in a woman's life--and showing that aging brings its own rewards. A film without words.
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Subject categories
- Families > Animation on the FamilyFamily-Work Reconciliation
- Women > Elderly WomenHealth and Illness
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Menopause
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
- Science > Biology
- Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development
Credits
- director
- JoDee Samuelson
- producer
- JoDee Samuelson
- Kent Martin
- animation
- JoDee Samuelson
- background artist
- Lesley McCubbin
- technical supervisor
- Hans Samuelson
- effects recording
- David B. Ward
- sound editor
- Don Ayer
- sound mixer
- Shelley Craig
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- foley artist
- Karla Baumgardner
- digital image consultant
- Susan Gourley
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- film recording
- Pierre Landry
- production coordination
- Richard Lesage
- technical coordinator
- Patricia Coughran
- program administrator
- John William Lutz
Awards
- Luna Award - with a cahs prize of 1,000$USLunafest
- Prix FedEx du meilleur court métrage canadienMontreal World Film Festival
- Jury Award - Category: Short filmsMontreal World Film Festival
- Best Short Film AwardAtlantic International Film Festival
- Silver Spike Award - with a cash prize of 4,500Euros (approx. 6,971$Cdn)International Film Festival
- First Prize - short film - with a cash prize of 750Euros (approximately $1,056.00Cdn)Women Film Festival "La Mo-Viola"
- 2006 Special Achievement AwardSilver Images Film & Video Awards